Secretary of state has defended washingtons decision to assassinate irans top general my pump a struggle to explain the ledge to threat posed by Major General sort of monitoring a press conference and explains. Things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u. S. Secretary of state speaking alongside stephen the new shin the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of irans top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just dont seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives lets take a listen to some of what went on that specific information about in the threat and didnt have anything to do with our embassies. We had specific emanation information and an imminent threat and those threats trim included the time. On the u. S. Embassies and plays your definition of the internet. This was going to happen and american lives were at risk the Intelligence Community is not flawless we we get it wrong in this case the Intelligence Community got it fundamentally right there was an imminent attack that was active plotting is that right now gone with sort of money gone threats are never going now it wasnt just the journalists who dont exactly buy pompei as claims but american lawmakers also have their doubts we just saw in the u. S. House of representatives the lower house of the u. S. Legislative branch a resolution was passed attempting to restore it to the activities of the trumpet ministration and trying to prevent them from further escalating tensions with the Islamic Republic of iran however these doubts about whether it was the right thing in order to kill qassam solomonic go well beyond legislators and journalists they actually go to the us public itself we have new poll results that have been conducted and it shows that basically 2 thirds of the u. S. Public believes at this point that the country is less safe because of trumps decision to kill the top iranian general furthermore 69 percent of the u. S. Public believes that iran is more likely to attack the usa as a result of trumps decisions 52 percent describe top killings qassam solomonic as reckless so a pretty solid opposition to trump killing and qassam solomonic among American People themselves i think there is a lot of. American public. Concern about the assassination and the fact that it cools usually people think that it made americans less safe and so what was the point and i dont think people are buying the troops explanation that he gave that it was because of an imminent attack on the u. S. Embassy while at the press conference mike palm. Peo and steve minutia to laid out basically what these new sanctions will include the new sanctions are targeting high level officials in iran basically preventing any business transactions with them but when a explaining these do sanctions a mike bomb peo use some rather interesting in language to lay out what he argued was the ultimate end a game of the United States when it comes to iran president said we dont want war we want iran to behave what your noble nation the reason that secretary treasurer or this morning theres to continue this campaign our strategic effort to get to run to behave in a way to doesnt continue their 40 year low our effort to terrorize the world if you hear those words he refers to a saying that he once iran to be a quote normal country so essentially it seems the United States is ask a late in threats on caring out more sanctions with the goal of forcing the Islamic Republic to conduct itself in a manner that the United States considers to be normal not exactly clear what that means but until that happens there will be further activities then sanctions and threats and whatnot now many are hoping that the Current Situation is in a state of deescalation but at the same time people worry about what could happen next you know this sanction still remain iran still has the capabilities we saw the the recent strikes that took place so a lot of nervousness in the Global Community at the moment meanwhile theres growing concern in iraq that the country is becoming a battleground between the u. S. And iran thousands of people took to the streets of baghdad on friday calling for an end to foreign interference but. Demonstrators waving iraqi flanks chanted no to america no to iran meanwhile iraqs caretaker Prime Minister has demanded the u. S. Make preparations for a troop pullout but washington has made clear thats not going to happen montes merde gusty of hands more. Most of us are familiar with the situation you invite someone over to stay a while say a friend they stay and stay and stay you drop a hint you know its getting late. But they just dont get it. America is a force for good in the middle east and a delegation sam to iraq would be dedicated to discussing how to be recommit to our Strategic Partnership not to discuss troop withdrawal what complicates things is that your unwelcome guest is heavily armed and has a tendency to how do you put this kill your other guests you call make this up americans kill and a radiant general in iraq iran then shoots back a bunch of Ballistic Missiles in revenge out of iraq i mean these poor rocky guys theyve done nothing and everyones bombing them so you can understand if theyre a little sick of it all and point to the door we want to restart the civil war again among the shia we dont want this to happen were not a battlefield between the usa and around so whoever wants to hit the usa should do that outside of this country. All of these troops must leave because they have turned iraq into a battlefield and its astonishing the americans are saying no we dont care that you voted for us to leave we wont and just in case that wasnt enough of a slap in the face actually going to call more of their friends over to iraq nato played and then you have any middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato personnel in the region to know youre supposed to us to be honest with you because this is an International Problem today and need to delegation is at the state department to discuss increasing netas role in the iraq situation is absurd it makes a joke a mockery of International Law and simple decency and as does anything absurd has the internet buzzing. America is a force for good in the middle is and will start a civil war to prove you need our protection given military forces the against the wishes of the people who live there is called occupation. When we said we wanted to bring a democracy in we didnt mean you could use it to make your own decisions iraq asks u. S. Troops to leave the country but president pompei o refuses instead his state Department Issues a statement the 1st sentence reads america is a force for good in the middle east remember if you say i am so cool then youre not cool theres a lesson here i suppose you cant be friends with a superpower theyll call your friend al patch on the head but when push comes to shove you are just another poor bombed out nation thats going to do as youre told. On middle east writer Abdel Bari Atwan believes there is no justification for the continued us presence in iraq. It takes as you know well fighting for isis and they are we dont want them to come back but this is completely fabricated excuses to be honest because this is that. It is it is that i shammed it is they iraqi it is that it really is a holy spirit. And this is their and very completely you know i dont believe there is a chance of this i mean. Unless United States wonders to come back and one to finance them that this is the only the only way for the Islamic State to come back that its ok im going to pull out. Here today Iraqi Parliament resolution. Problems. Chairman chancellor Angela Merkel will be arriving in moscow later on saturday for meeting with Vladimir Putin theyre expected to discuss the iran crisis and also the norths trying to gas pipeline linking russia to germany peter all of us got more on this visit. Its not a difficult time that angle a merkel arrives in moscow for what will be her 19th official visit to russia as german chancellor certain to be up for discussion between herself and president Vladimir Putin are taking energy out of the Current Situation in the middle east and the standoff between iran and the United States and Getting Energy from russia into germany via the nord stream to gas pipeline chancellor merkel and president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel Spokes Person stressing the need for cool heads this week its const its important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of dialogue both the federal chancellery and the kremlin have their concern at the situation in the region with the government here in berlin sounding less than convinced by the justification given by washington for the assassination of a rainy and Major General because some solid money. We saw the explanation of the u. S. For this strike but the information to comprehend the explanation is missing force of the school year that mildred violence must only be the last resort germany and russia were both architects of the rainy a nuclear deal that now looks to be lying in tatters following 1st donald trump pulling the United States out of it unilaterally back in 2018 and just this week the iranian side saying theyre not going to live up to their end of the bargain following the killing of solomonic its bizarre story concerning that iran is failing to meet is no longer meeting several of its obligations and what it has now announced is that it will no longer meet further obligations this is another wrong step in the wrong direction internationally raises serious questions about the future of this agreement when it comes to north stream to a balancing act between washington. And and moscow will be required from the chancellor the United States is very keen to sell germany its liquefied natural gas but doesnt want germany to receive gas from russia slapping sanctions on the project and making overt threats towards the european businesses and Companies Involved you face a binary choice stop maam and leave the pipeline unfinished or make a foolish attempt to rush to complete the pipeline and risk putting your company out of business forever with the pipeline just a few dozen kilometers from its planned destination the project that was planned to be up and running at the end of last year now and visit completion date at the end of this year angle americal knows germany needs that gas at the price russia is willing to sell it then the flag of the other thing is that no 1. 00 wants to be unilaterally declared little russia but we received russian gas not only the d. D. R. Where i lived but also in west germany during the cold war and they dont see why the times today should be so much verse that we can no longer see russia remains a partner not im going to merkel can expect a warm welcome in a wintery moscow helped in part by the fact that both russia and germany find themselves on the same side of the argument in 2 major issues the russian president Vladimir Putin has also called for calm heads in the middle east and the government in moscow calls the sanctions that have been put in place on the north stream project illegal expect both chancellor merkel and president putin to be singing from the same song sheet when it comes to joint statements on these particular issues but theyll also be close attention paid later on saturday to what im glad merkel has to say and how closely she aligns herself with the russian president and thats going to be paid attention to not just here in berlin but also in brussels and in washington peter all over r. T. Belin. Now to round up some Major International news the sultan of oman has died at the age of 79 been stayed outside ruled the gulf nation for almost 50 years and was the longest serving leader in the middle east he had no children and a successor will be chosen by the ruling family a man has declared 3 days of national mourning. 2 people have died and 6 are injured after a classroom shooting in the mexican city of tori on an 11 year old boy reportedly asked to go to the bathroom returned with 2 handguns and opened fire killing his teacher he then turned the gun on himself Officials Say the motive is unclear. Sound off has been unfolding in the chilean capital santiago riot police used water cannon and tear gas to force back crowds of protesters the unrest has been simmering since october and it was sparked by a hike in subway fares and spiraled into a movement against growing inequality. Now the u. S. Aviation authority has proposed a 5 a 1000000. 00 fine on boeing for allegedly putting defective parts into it 737 max planes internal memos from the company have been really suggesting staff were aware of numerous problems with the aircraft but failed to in the inspectors. I still havent been forgiven by god for the covering up i did last year would you put your family on a mac. Simulated trained aircraft i wouldnt know this blue news designed by gloams who own certain supervised by monkeys over 100 pages of internal communications were delivered to congressional investigators as part of a probe into how the boeing 737 max jet was certified safe before 2 major recent plane crashes the planes manufacturer released a statement expressing regret over the content of the communications between its employees boeing also gave assurances it had made significant changes to enhance its safety procedures while the aircraft manufacturer had its entire 737 max fleet grounded in march last year after it was involved in 2 deadly plane crashes with Ethiopian Airlines and indonesias lion air some 346 people were killed in those tragedies problems with automated Flight Control systems are thought to have contributed to the fatal crashes or some of the most suggest that boeing limited Pilot Training on simulators as a cost cutting measure safety advocate gideon u. S. Believes this was a serious mistake. Most flight conversion training happens in simulators even even news for conversion to the top a lot of the derivative of a given type so thats not unusual i think one of the problems that bring painted themselves into a corner a little bit with the 737 Months Program was trying to make it cheaper for airlines to to operate in terms of a common pilot pool with the earlier models of 737 specifically the astoundingly successful and g. Family of 7 series as people in Flight SafetyCommittee Say you know you think safety is expensive trial and accident and i think this is the ultimate end of the station all of that particular mantra that the cost to blow it. Out of the problems with a 737 Months Program i dont think anyone people have tried to calculate it but i think i think its beyond oculus intimacy. President trump has claimed the u. S. Is doing a good job and then a swathe of will have details on that after this short break. Trump is a new yorker and he looks at the global picture and he sees the tension in the middle east he sees iran doing a dance with the there and then the neighbors and theres like you know what lets just cut to the chase this is take out a guy in iraq and were going to get more money printing right away because i want to make my premed this weekend why fuss around this is the new york way of doing things i said it when he 1st got elected its like having a new yorker in the white house and having a new york around the world im a new yorker you know i got to tell you im one of the. You know world of big partisan law and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that midstream refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. And shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Welcome back now for more than a month there have been protests against the french governments plan to reform pensions the draft bill if the project has been real them will be presented to the council of ministers in 2 weeks but the main bone of contention is an increase in the pension age well that according to the text is not something that would apply until 2022 shown it to penske explains. Will you still need to me will you still feed me when im 64 or so goes the chorus to that song sung by the beatles now back in the 1960 s. When it was recorded average life spans were far shorter than they are today in france it was around 70 years old the idea of being 64 suggested you were probably close to you wrote expiration off. In france they consider the us too healthy at the age of 63. 00 was also for us if unacceptable to diet word or a time in bad health of all. It is very possible to work. People are tired of that age they can continue working for them as parents enters into it 6 week of strikes over proposed changes to the Pension System the one element thats really seems to be roiling people is the upping over the age that you can retire at with a full pension to yes you guessed it 64. 00 polls show that 2 thirds of respondents find this to be on palatable while some unions if even demanded that all references to retirement at 64. 00 be removed from the law. This new age is unfair because it will be no allies those who started working young economists agree that its unnecessary and people are against it despite the opposition this seems to be a Sticking Point for the government. I think he does know that everywhere in europe in countries like ours across europe people work a little longer because Life Expectancy is going up. Well hes right Life Expectancy has increased significantly in the last 50 years in fact in france the median lifespan is now 83 years old meaning the average person were toys at 64 would be dipping into the Pension System for some 19 years and even if the government refuses to budge all not retirement age compared to other countries in the e. U. Some might say that the french have it pretty good in countries like sweden denmark portugal germany and many more the age of retirement is already higher than the current age of retirement in france at 62. 00 and it would still be higher than the new threshold at 64. 00 in addition the Life Expectancy in these countries is lower than the fronts meaning that people who work longer to retire on average in those countries and are more likely to access their pension for shorter periods of time so why are the french making such a song and dance about this. Shit is not about comparing countries its about social regression its about. The next. 60. To sit and. Hold them only seem to believe that this current retirement system is economically viable so as long as we support retirement funds. We do not need to slash workers rights. I mean from the retirement age the main problem is 0 hour contracts for this this signifies the complete breakdown of the social systems not just it seems for the french regardless of what they european might be doing when they turn 64. 00 they want to already be enjoying their retirement and this is no indication jollity pinski see paris. Elsewhere donald trump has claimed the u. S. Is doing a good job in venice while he was speaking almost a year after the us recognized Opposition Leader why dont you as the countrys leader although president maduro is still in power then i have we have a good strategy but were taking care of people helping people colombias helping a lot of people some of the nation surrounding it helping people but where i think were doing a good they have a system that right now is very broken well see what happens stay tuned meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state has called for a swift negotiated transition to democracy in venezuela mike pompous said the government and opposition need to negotiate to form a Transitional Government and hold free and Fair Elections on tuesday one go i dont was sworn in by supporters for a new term as leader of the National Assembly but that was after a standoff with soldiers who tried to prevent him from entering the building. The role last year after branding the madeira presidency legitimate and went on to declare himself an interim leader than a swale Nicholas Madeira meanwhile has refused to resign and journalist paul dobson says the u. S. Doesnt need seem to have any clear plan for venezuela. It is very difficult to actually understand the u. S. Strategy in venezuela is that it was very clear that their political strategic goals in the country in 2019 were not achieved they did not achieve regime change they did not achieve ousting with or from power and the comments coming out of the white house in the last few days seem to suggest that there is some confusion about the current u. S. Strategy on thursday we saw secretary of state might be talking about a dialogue transition which is a significant step down in the rhetoric regarding venezuela however only today we saw earlier the abrams the special u. S. Envoy for the next whaler bringing the issue of military intervention back on to the table for these 2 comments taken merely 24 hours apart really sure that there is a process a revision of the u. S. Strategy in venezuela going on behind closed doors in washington another are certainly differences of opinion after what the way forward to achieve these strategic objectives which is very much sense that theyre around getting nicholas mother out of power. Well that is your up theyve been now im rose on a low quick nabih bank here with the rest of the team in about 30 minutes time with more news from around the world will see than. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president im sure. For some want to be. Captured right to be prosperous like the 43 in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the water using the house. There shouldnt. Be this footage is unique because the zoe tribal lands are normally off limits to the public erics allowed in because hes this is personal dont. People here know him simply as dr eric hes rich famous some always on the move sailing yacht some flying aircraft that. Hes considered one of the best neurosurgeons in brazil. Thats happening amazon. Is so sis going to busy doing nothing is going to do the population much good most is going to people. This is broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of business and how it affects us all im christiane washington and heres a look at what we have in store today you wont carry on for boeing as the company has released internal documents that puts the scrutiny back on boeing we take a closer look at the turbulence facing the Aerospace Giant with our team correspondent. One of the fascinating case of carlos going has taken yet another turn as lebanon has imposed a travel ban on the former renault head lauren fix the car coach is on hand to break down the saga and what lies in store for the multinational businessman and later is making gains quickly and those leads are on full display at the Consumer Electronics show. Wars on the ground and gives us a peek into whats on show in las vegas we had a packed show today so lets go and jump right in. The Worlds Largest plane maker boeing released hundreds of pages of internal documents to congress on thursday the messages contained in these internal communication documents show employees disparaging the flight simulators the safety and production of the 737 max this is the latest blow to the American Company for a 737. 00 max that has been grounded since march of last year after flaws in the Plane Software caused 2 crashes that killed 346 people the stock is now plunging 1. 5 percent today in trading bringing the total market cap losses since march to over 62000000000. 00 for more we bring in our future respondents who joins us here in studio so sara over 100 pages of documents were released what do these contain well boy released these documents the 100 pages to congress where. They were walking regulations and the f. A. A. Had selves what it did was it showed the employees discussing and really concerned and distrusting that 737 max so the exchange happened between 2013 and 20 team they happened before those deadly the 2 deadly crashes but let me show you what some of these people wrote one employee wrote this airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys now another colleague would you put your family on a mac Simulator Training aircraft i wouldnt another employee wrote an email with subject line flight transition costs and really stressing the importance of holding firm that there would not be any type of Simulator Training that was required when transitioning from the 737 and the 800 to the max but again these documents essentially confirm that employees were concerned over limited training for these airlines upgrading from the 737 and g. To the 737 max because they did have a Software Upgrade that is very telling that the employees dont even trust the aircraft itself so how is boeing responded to these are had they well they have they released a